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BOXER

Carlos Monzón

1942 - 1995

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Carlos Roque Monzón (7 August 1942 – 8 January 1995), nicknamed Escopeta (Shotgun in English), was an Argentine professional boxer who held the undisputed world middleweight championship for 7 years. He successfully defended his title 14 times against 11 different fighters and is widely regarded as not only one of the best middleweights in history but also one of the greatest boxers of all time pound-for-pound. Known for his speed, punching power and relentless work rate, Monzon ended his career with a record of 87-3-9-1 with 59 knockouts; all of his losses were early in his career and were avenged. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Monzón has received more than 958,643 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Monzón is the 17th most popular boxer (up from 19th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 53rd in 2019) and the most popular Argentinean Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Carlos Monzón ranks 17 out of 326Before him are Jake LaMotta, Jack Dempsey, László Papp, Evander Holyfield, James J. Braddock, and Floyd Patterson. After him are Vitali Klitschko, Teófilo Stevenson, Ingemar Johansson, Roberto Durán, Primo Carnera, and Larry Holmes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Carlos Monzón ranks 123Before him are Vladimir Bukovsky, Barry Levinson, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Sixto Rodriguez, Samuel R. Delany, and Jim Rogers. After him are Roger Ebert, David Bradley, Adil Abdul-Mahdi, Isaac Hayes, Kang Kek Iew, and Mirjana Marković. Among people deceased in 1995, Carlos Monzón ranks 61Before him are Mária Telkes, Alonzo Church, Eazy-E, Edda Mussolini, James Meade, and John B. Calhoun. After him are Ko Takamoro, Ernest Mandel, Joseph Needham, Yves Congar, Nathan Rosen, and U Nu.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Carlos Monzón ranks 67 out of 1,019Before him are Osvaldo Ardiles (1952), Francisco Varallo (1910), Raimundo Orsi (1901), Mauricio Macri (1959), Leonor Fini (1907), and Sergio Agüero (1988). After him are Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1878), Isabel Sarli (1929), Lalo Schifrin (1932), Hernán Crespo (1975), Hipólito Yrigoyen (1852), and Guillermo Vilas (1952).

Among BOXERS In Argentina

Among boxers born in Argentina, Carlos Monzón ranks 1After him are Pascual Pérez (1926), Rafael Iglesias (1924), Santiago Lovell (1912), Alfredo Porzio (1900), Carmelo Robledo (1912), Arturo Rodríguez (1907), Víctor Avendaño (1907), Amado Azar (1913), Oscar Casanovas (1914), Héctor Méndez (1897), and Abel Laudonio (1938).